tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post2978029418950226859..comments2024-02-05T13:44:59.938+00:00Comments on Against Heresies: Eternal GenerationMartin Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-54280265835605323382020-03-07T17:33:00.270+00:002020-03-07T17:33:00.270+00:00STUDIES IN THE PERSON & WORK OF JESUS CHRIST,....STUDIES IN THE PERSON & WORK OF JESUS CHRIST,.W. E. BEST<br />WEBMT.ORG<br /><br />Springassemblyofchrist.orgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214622678759006434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-79911592371497658502020-03-07T17:26:20.731+00:002020-03-07T17:26:20.731+00:00W. E. Best. author
THE STUDIES IN THE PERSON &...W. E. Best. author <br />THE STUDIES IN THE PERSON &WORK OF KESUS CHRIST<br />pp11-13<br /><br />"Eternal Fatherhood demands eternal Sonship. Those who deny the Deity of Christ argue, “If the Father begat the Son, He who was begotten had a beginning of existence. So there was a time when the Son did not exist; therefore, the begotten is inferior to the Begetter.” There is priority in the Godhead but not superiority. If by inferiority is meant inferiority of relation, we admit the position that the Begotten is inferior to the Begetter. This is what Christ meant when He said, “...my Father is greater than I” (John 14:28). The Sender is greater than the Sent; therefore, the word “greater” has reference to authority and not character. As Mediator in His state of humiliation, Christ was the Father’s subordinate and servant. If by inferiority is meant inferiority of character, such a notion should be opposed as the greatest heresy ever devised by the depraved heart of man."...pp11,12<br /><br />“Only begotten” is a term which denotes endearment (John 1:18; 3:16). Isaac was not Abraham’s only begotten (Heb. 11:17), for Ishmael was begotten by him too. Isaac was his darling. Why was Isaac his darling? The reason was he was the only begotten of Abraham by his wife Sarah. His other children were called “sons of the concubines” (Gen. 25:6). As Isaac was Abraham’s darling, so Christ is God’s darling. “Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling [Hebrew—my only one] from the lions” (Ps. 35:17). Thus Christ, as the only begotten of the Father, was the sole representative of the Being and Character of the One who sent Him. He is of the same essence with the Father, yet He is a distinct Person from the Father. As the inherent splendor of the sun cannot exist without the inherent splendor from which it proceeds, so the inherent Essence of God cannot live without its manifested Essence, nor the manifested Essence without the inherent Essence from whom He came." p 13Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214622678759006434noreply@blogger.com